Purple Rain

For Prince fans, this movie will be a must for videocassette purchase, but even they will have to deal with the sexist way women are treated by all the film's male characters. Prince plays the Kid, a temperamental singer in Minneapolis. He likes Apollonia, a young woman who also wants to be a star, and his rival is Morris (scene-stealer Morris Day, real-life lead singer for the now-defunct band the Time). Ladies' man Morris is a bit of a fool but wise enough to give Apollonia the chance to showcase her own act, something the Kid is reluctant to do. Torn between her attraction to the Kid and Morris' offer, she lets both men exploit her as her ego gets in the way of ...